For the Wind was against Them Sermon for the eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, August 9, 2026 St. John's Episcopal Church, New City, New York In the fourth watch of the night, he came walking toward them on the sea. Last Sunday, the Gospel lesson was the Feeding of the Five Thousand, which immediately precedes what we hear today. In the Gospel of Matthew, the reason that Jesus is out there at a remote place by the Sea of Galilee is that he had been informed that Herod… https://drewkadel.wordpress.com/2026/08/05/for-the-wind-was-against-them/